Nidhi reminded me today that I haven’t been updat­ing. So I thought I’d do a quick detour via the cyber­cafe on the way home. The phone con­nec­tion will take longer, so I guess I will have to con­tend with mak­ing Sify Iway a lit­tle richer till then.

Life’s been a whirlwind.

We finally moved out of our small place into a more spa­cious flat. The other one was get­ting seri­ously crowded. It was dif­fi­cult to get from one room to the other with­out step­ping on somebody’s toes (includ­ing the cat).

With my sis­ter as house-guest, we were fac­ing a seri­ous space crunch.

The shift­ing hap­pened over Diwali.

After shift­ing, we’ve spent inde­cent amounts of time in the kitchen. Cook­ing. And then eat­ing it all up! But since sis­ter is a chef and I enjoy a bit of leisurely stints in the kitchen, we’ve been pretty busy try­ing our own sam­ples. She made a mouth-watering pom­fret curry with a coconut base the other day and I am still sali­vat­ing (if any­one wants recipe let me know!). Last night it was steamed rice with yummy chi­nese style chicken wings. If she wasn’t leav­ing soon, I told her she could stay with me and be my cook.

The only thing I need to sort out is the tele­phone line so that I can con­nect to the Net. Cable inter­net is non-existent in the area. So I have no other option but to go in for a dial-up. I shud­der to think about the amount I will rack up.

Mean­while, con­cerned peo­ple have been politely ask­ing me what I’ve been upto, since being with­out a job seems to be an unimag­in­able con­cept to many. I can’t quite under­stand why. Every­one is enti­tled to a break once in a while. And it’s hardly been a month since I quit my day job. But frankly, I’ve never been hap­pier. Mainly because I have been really really look­ing for a break from the rou­tine of work.

And I have a thou­sand other things planned. Like con­tin­u­ing my art classes. Tak­ing pho­tog­ra­phy lessons. Learn­ing a lan­guage. Learn­ing an instru­ment. Trav­el­ing to a few new places. This is my year of learn­ing, dis­cov­er­ing, read­ing and doing new things. I intend to do some of the things I never got around to doing while I had a full-time job.

It’s def­i­nitely worth re-charging your bat­ter­ies once in a while and get­ting away from the rou­tine that work sets upon you. It’s rec­om­mended from me. Espe­cially, if you want to do it and have a will­ing part­ner to sup­port you for a while. I’m plan­ning to extend my break for a few months. It feels too good!